Pea Soup in the Gearbox

[slug]

Got an '03 v11 Sport. Lately its been spewing small amounts of gearbox oil out the vent at the top of the gearbox (usually right after jumping a row of school buses ) and drips on the x-over for that sweet, heavenly burning oil stench (or is that new cologne, Dexron for Men?) Anyhoo, looking at the gearbox oil thru the little window, it looks different, foamy-like, pea-soupish. Moisture in there for sure... Took it to the shop (yes, I'd do it myself if I didn't have to live in an apartment), they drained and refilled the gearbox w/new oil. They said a little moisture in there is ok and won't kill anything. Less than a week later, its back to pea soup and spewy as ever.

 

Anyone else have this problem? Why, yes, I DO live in Seattle so I ride in the rain a fair amount (checked the hugger and its intact). Unfortunately, I have to keep it outside (I keep it covered).

 

Thanx all.

[Guest MotoMessiah]

Got an '03 v11 Sport.  Lately its been spewing small amounts of gearbox oil out the vent at the top of the gearbox (usually right after jumping a row of school buses  ) and drips on the x-over for that sweet, heavenly burning oil stench (or is that new cologne, Dexron for Men?)  Anyhoo, looking at the gearbox oil thru the little window, it looks different, foamy-like, pea-soupish.  Moisture in there for sure...  Took it to the shop (yes, I'd do it myself if I didn't have to live in an apartment), they drained and refilled the gearbox w/new oil.  They said a little moisture in there is ok and won't kill anything.  Less than a week later, its back to pea soup and spewy as ever.

 

Anyone else have this problem?  Why, yes, I DO live in Seattle so I ride in the rain a fair amount (checked the hugger and its intact).  Unfortunately, I have to keep it outside (I keep it covered).

 

Thanx all.

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I'm pretty sure it could be that water is getting in the breather hose of the gear box. There is a thread(s) here somewhere under which heading I don't know however that covers it. I believe that water is kicked in by the rear tire (just under the hugger I believe) onto the breather hose. Some here have made a plastic cover that mounts infront acting like a small fender preventing water seeping in.

[slug]

I'm pretty sure it could be that water is getting in the breather hose of the gear box. There is a thread(s) here somewhere under which heading I don't know however that covers it. I believe that water is kicked in by the rear tire (just under the hugger I believe) onto the breather hose. Some here have made a plastic cover that mounts infront acting like a small fender preventing water seeping in.

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Sweet. I'm all for McGyvering... Any excuse to play with tools and sharp pointy things. I'll post pics if it turns out better than a Homer Simpson spice rack.

 

- Slvg

[Guest MotoMessiah]

I finally found the thread. There's some nice pics as well. Good luck.

 

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[twhitaker]

Al posted a drawing to use as a template for making the truncated triangle you see in the pictures.

[al_roethlisberger]

Another suggestion/thought was to pry off the cap of the breather, and simply attach/clamp a hose running up into a higher location in the frame.

 

I think someone else also replaced the breather with a simple brass barb fitting(by comparing thread/gauge with the rear bevel breather for sizing) and again ran a hose up high, away from any potential water exposure.

 

Anyway, just an alternative

 

I can't confirm that my triangle shield stops water intrusion, although as far as I know, it hasn't been a problem since.

 

al

[slug]

Another suggestion/thought was to pry off the cap of the breather, and simply attach/clamp a hose running up into a higher location in the frame.

 

I think someone else also replaced the breather with a simple brass barb fitting(by comparing thread/gauge with the rear bevel breather for sizing) and again ran a hose up high, away from any potential water exposure.

 

Anyway, just an alternative 

 

al

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Good alternative. I removed the breather plug, pried the cap off and went to town on that thing. I soldered a short piece of 1/4" O.D. copper tubing in to the plug (made sure that solder didn't plug the hole.) The tube sticks up about 1/2" out the top of the plug. Put the plug back in and attached a section of thick hose (chose the thick heater-type hose, less likely to pinch closed on tighter bends.) Ran the hose almost up to the seat area. I placed the end of the hose away from the tire. It actually looks halfway professional.

 

The only bad part was that I had to remove the hugger to get wrenchin' room to get the plug off. The bike looks a lot better w/out the hugger... My next project is to shield the battery tray and the gaping hole left by the Feracci fender eliminator.

 

- Slug